NTSB: Breathalyzers in All Cars?
A recent release from the National Transportation Safety Board is suggesting that the federal government is considering developing new requirements
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Getting Rid Of Your Car Could Make You Happier
A new research paper assesses the perceived happiness of households that have gotten rid of their car. Turns out that it might actually be good for your brain! There is a catch, though, and it’s not going to work for everyone.
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Washington, DC’s Big Car Tax Is A Novel, Necessary Approach To Traffic Fatalities.
Pedestrian and cyclist safety has a new potential ally in the form of an annual registration tax for huge, heavy cars.
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Everyone And Their Mom Is Making An Electric Car. Few Will Prevail.
Sony makes great headphones and great gaming consoles. Will they be able to make a great EV? Will everyone wading into the increasingly muddy waters of the “blue” ocean of electric vehicles be able to compete? Probably not.
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“We’ve Got A Delegation, Bro”: Exemptions to DC Law, If You’ve Got The Money
Car culture sucks. Even in the nation’s capital, where the city doesn’t seem able to prevent cars from parking all over sidewalks, at bus stops, and its drivers from telling you that they’re allowed to, because.
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But Weight, There’s More: The Achilles Heel of Electric Vehicles
Electric cars are generally far more efficient than gas-powered ones, as a matter of thermodynamics. But a new article looks at one huge problem with electric cars, and one that is often entirely disregarded in policy, regulation, and consumer economics, and that’s the factor of how much they weigh.
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MDOT: Rebrand And Replace. Some Ideas From The MAP Conference.
Nat is attending the Michigan Association of Planning’s annual conference. It’s going great– especially with regard to figuring out new ways to refashion state agencies that aren’t doing their jobs.
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Cars, Advertising, and The Cult of Individualism
Cars don’t kill people, people kill people! At least, they do when they’re only thinking of themselves– as opposed to the complex ecosystem of different people who use streets and sidewalks. Marketing
Read moreIs It Time For A New Standard For Measuring EV Fuel Efficiency?
While I was glad to ditch my personal car in August, our household has a new-used car, which we were
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Libert-e-bikes: Marketing Mobility As Freedom
Michael Robertson, who founded a peer platform of the ill-fated Napster in 1997, once referred to cars as “liberty machines.” It’s a dominant belief among many car owners. Are eBike companies challenging that assumption in their marketing material?
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